Reasons to Become a Marine Biologist

            For the vast majority of my life I have wanted to be a marine biologist. There are so many careers you can get into when doing marine biology, all of which tantalize me.  The ocean is strange and mysterious, yet mesmerizing place. Some may think that the ocean is a scary place, which can be very true. The ocean makes up more than half of the Earth, most of which has not been discovered yet, so the idea of not knowing what is out there can be very scary and overwhelming. Below I’m going to list just a few of the reason I want to become a marine biologist and how this career would be life-changing for me as well as others interested in this field.

1.      You can travel the world while exploring marine biology.

Marine biology can be studied literally anywhere that there is a body of water, mainly near the ocean. With this being said there is a huge need for marine biologist around the world. This being said means that you have the chance of traveling the world and doing marine biology literally anywhere imaginable. This allows you to experience so much more than you could if you were stuck being a teacher at some small town in let’s just say Oklahoma where there aren’t many opportunities for a marine biologist job.

2.      You get to experience beautiful scenes and creatures no one else gets to.

When you think of marine biology you think of people training dolphins and Sea World, which is completely right. I think of the chance of being able to scuba dive and see first-hand the beautiful creatures that this world has to offer. This being said, once again, majority of the ocean life has yet to be discovered yet, this exhilarates me and makes me want to go out and explore this world myself. There are so many places you see in pictures that are just amazingly beautiful. Well, you know the expression “pictures don’t do the real scene justice?” That is exactly what I am talking about. If we see pictures of the ocean that are completely breath taking but yet the real scene is even more beautiful than imaginable then why wouldn’t someone want to experience that first-hand? I know I do and marine biology is the perfect way to do so.
Here you can see just a glimpse of how beautiful the ocean is: Scuba Diving Footage  

3.      People are always discovering new beings and places under the surface of the sea.

72% of the Earth is water and majority of the Earth’s population don’t know what is in our seas and oceans. Almost every day there is something new being discovered, whether it is a new species, coral or place, it’s still new and exciting. I can’t think of once single case where you would have a boring day if you were a marine biologist. I want to be one of those people who go out and discover something new, first hand. This world is beautiful and tantalizing and I want to be apart of that.

4.      You get to work with dolphins.

Dolphins are said to be one of the smartest creatures known to existence. With that being said, we have only begun to tap into what they are capable of and how smart they really are. If we don’t have that much knowledge of what they can do or how smart they are, then imagine what we actually don’t know about dolphins. There’s so much to learn about dolphins and from dolphins. Who wouldn’t want to experience that? The fact that we can actually help train then when there’s a possibility of them being just as equally smart as us is mind blowing.